Young Zach moves with his parents to a small town. On the first day, he meets his charming neighbour named Hannah and her very strange father Robert Stine. One evening Zach and his friend find a lot of books with locks in the house of Zach’s neighbours. Having opened one of them, the guys release a terrible monster. Robert turns out to be a famous writer and author of the popular series for teens - "Horror", who has imprisoned the real monsters.